John Parkington

John Parkington

University of Cape Town

H-index: 59

Africa-South Africa

About John Parkington

John Parkington, With an exceptional h-index of 59 and a recent h-index of 24 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Cape Town, specializes in the field of rock art, shell middens, human evolution, South African Prehistory, San hunter gatherers.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

The Faraoskop Event: a significant moment in the history of foraging in the Western Cape, South Africa?

Diepkloof Rock Shelter and Elands Bay Cave, West Coast of South Africa

Bone histology of Neogene angulate tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae) from South Africa: palaeobiological and skeletochronological implications

From quartz curvature to late Holocene mobility at Spring Cave, Western Cape, South Africa

Entangled lives, relational ontology and rock paintings: Elephant and human figures in the rock art of the Western Cape, South Africa

Fire and human management of late Holocene ecosystems in southern Africa

Fossil charcoals as a means for reconstruction of past hydroclimate variability through the Last Glacial Maximum: a case study from two archaeological sites in the Winter and …

“When elephants were people”: Elephant/human images of the Olifants River, Western Cape, South Africa

John Parkington Information

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Citations(all)

10014

Citations(since 2020)

2822

Cited By

8113

hIndex(all)

59

hIndex(since 2020)

24

i10Index(all)

133

i10Index(since 2020)

79

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John Parkington Skills & Research Interests

rock art

shell middens

human evolution

South African Prehistory

San hunter gatherers

Top articles of John Parkington

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

The Faraoskop Event: a significant moment in the history of foraging in the Western Cape, South Africa?

John Parkington

Emma Loftus

Antony Manhire

Lita Webley

2023/8/23

Diepkloof Rock Shelter and Elands Bay Cave, West Coast of South Africa

John Parkington

Guillaume Porraz

2023/8/18

Bone histology of Neogene angulate tortoises (Testudines: Testudinidae) from South Africa: palaeobiological and skeletochronological implications

Royal Society Open Science

Mohd Shafi Bhat

Anusuya Chinsamy

John Parkington

2023/3/8

From quartz curvature to late Holocene mobility at Spring Cave, Western Cape, South Africa

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Benjamin Davies

Matthew J Douglass

David R Braun

John Parkington

Mitchell J Power

...

2022/4

Entangled lives, relational ontology and rock paintings: Elephant and human figures in the rock art of the Western Cape, South Africa

Southern African Field Archaeology

John Parkington

Joe Alfers

2022

Fire and human management of late Holocene ecosystems in southern Africa

Benjamin Davies

Mitchell J Power

David R Braun

Matthew J Douglass

Stella G Mosher

...

2022/8/1

Fossil charcoals as a means for reconstruction of past hydroclimate variability through the Last Glacial Maximum: a case study from two archaeological sites in the Winter and …

EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts

Wendy Khumalo

Vincent Hare

Kelly Kirsten

John Parkington

Robyn Pickering

2022/5

“When elephants were people”: Elephant/human images of the Olifants River, Western Cape, South Africa

John Parkington

José M De Prada-Samper

2021/3/3

In December 1660 Jan Danckaert and a small group of soldiers and explorers from the Dutch East India Company (VOC) settlement in Table Bay (Figure 10.1) crossed over from the …

Ontologies of Rock Art: Images, Relational Approaches, and Indigenous Knowledges

John Parkington

José M De Prada-Samper¹

2021/3/3

Cloaks and torsos: image recognition, ethnography and male initiation events in the rock art of the Western Cape

Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa

John Parkington

Andrew Paterson

2021/10/2

Experimentation preceding innovation in a MIS5 Pre-Still Bay layer from Diepkloof Rock Shelter (South Africa): emerging technologies and symbols

Guillaume Porraz

John E Parkington

Patrick Schmidt

Gérald Bereiziat

Jean-Philippe Brugal

...

2021

Histological investigation of burnt bones: a case study of angulate tortoises from the archaeological site, Diepkloof rock shelter, Western cape, South Africa

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Mohd Shafi Bhat

Anusuya Chinsamy

John Parkington

2021/9

Ecosystem engineering in the Quaternary of the West Coast of South Africa

David R Braun

John Tyler Faith

Matthew J Douglass

Benjamin Davies

Mitchel J Power

...

2021/1

Field processing and transport costs in shellfish gathering along the Cape west coast

Quaternary international

John Parkington

Ruan Brand

Taylor Niekerk

2021/5/20

Contemporaneity and entanglement: Archaeological site structure from a Bayesian perspective

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

John Parkington

John W Fisher Jr

Simon Hoyte

Maria Lazarides

Stephan Woodborne

2020/6/1

Season of occupation of Elands Bay Cave: Expanding the rock hyrax calendar

South African Archaeological Bulletin

John W Fisher

John Parkington

2020/6/1

When was silcrete heat treatment invented in South Africa?

Palgrave Communications

Patrick Schmidt

Deano Stynder

Nicholas J Conard

John E Parkington

2020/4/29

Human exploitation of nocturnal felines at Diepkloof Rock Shelter provides further evidence for symbolic behaviours during the Middle Stone Age

Scientific Reports

Aurore Val

Guillaume Porraz

Pierre-Jean Texier

John W Fisher

John Parkington

2020/4/14

Forum Communication-“Reply to Antonieta Jerardino's comment on ‘Field Processing and transport costs in shellfish gathering along the Cape west coast’by John Parkington, Ruan …

Quaternary International

John Parkington

Ruan Brand

Taylor Niekerk

2020/4/10

Shell middens and coastal prehistory

John Parkington

Ruan Brand

2020/9/28

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